On Wed, 2007-10-10 at 12:50 +0200, Carsten Agger wrote: > Do any of you see something new - as in, some action actually > threatened, or signs of a "stepping up" - in Steve Ballmer's most > recent statements? > > http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2200717/microsoft-sharpens-aims-patent > http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20071008205138925 > > To me it seems that by pointing a finger directly a Red Hat the effect > of scaring business away from FOSS becomes more specific - and, in a > way, more pointed that previously. Now it's not so much "there are > some patents but we're not telling which" but rather "there are some > patents and we're not telling which, but people using those products > are going to have to pay up." > > But is there any real harm done by it - except for the FUD? Or is the > main harm done by such statements perhaps to Microsoft itself?
Given that Red Hat has a real indemnification program (that covers also patent claims) it seem pure FUD to me. Simo. _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
